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FOREWORD 

THE  REMARKABLE  AND  ILLUMINATING 
DATA  HEREIN  QUOTED,  WAS  RECEIVED  IN 
THE  PRESENCE  OF  THREE  OR  MORE  PER- 
SONS AT  ALL  TIMES,  IN  THE  CALM  ISOLA- 
TION OF  INTERIOR  ALASKA,  IN  1917,  BY 
MEANS  OF  AN  OUIJA  BOARD. 

By 

NELLIE  IRENE  WALTERS, 
CLARISSE  EUGENIE  PERRIN. 


COPYRIGHT,   1018 


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THE  SECRET  OF  SUCCESS  OF  THE  OUI.TA  BOARD. 


LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN: 

It  is  an  exquisite  privilege  to  be  able  to  present  to  you  a  fractional 
part  of  this  new  work  of  ours,  whicb  tbe  spirit  folk  have  themselves 
entitled  as  a  whole  THE  NEW  DIVINITY. 

My  vis-a-vis  and  myself,  as  the  mediums,  or  rather  part  of  the 
mechanism  through  which  this  work  has  been  dictated  upon  an  Ouija 
board,  did  not  anticipate  any  results  of  a  wide,  serious  or  religious  nature 
when  we  commenced  to  toy  with  one,  bought,  unsuspectingly  as  a  game 
to  help  the  small  children  of  the  household  to  pass  away  the  long  dark 
days  of  an  Alaskan  winter;  for,  in  that  beautiful  country,  we  received  the 
bulk  of  our  work. 

But  Heaven,  in  its  wisdom,  took  practical  advantage  of  the  undisturbed 
evenness  of  the  "electric  lines  of  space"  upon  which  the  spirit  folk 
travel,  according  to  their  statements,  in  that  vast  and  weird  domain  of  our 
own  United  States.  A  land  where  no  mechanical,  commercial  or  warring 
medium  of  disturbance  of  atmospheric  conditions  exist  to  mar  the  earth- 
enfolding  infinite  calm. 

From  the  fact  that  we  so  received  most  of  our  voluminous  data  there, 
you  will  understand,  as  we  progress,  the  many  references  made  by  our 
spirit  dictators  to  that  far-away  land  of  beauty,  both  in  the  text  and  in 
the  many  pieces  of  poetry  which  we  have  had  given  us. 

Since  coming  to  California  this  past  summer,  and  viewing  the  up-to- 
date  literature  upon  psychic  subjects,  I  am  still  thoroughly  convinced  that 
these  dictations,  received  in  the  domestic  circle  in  that  northwestern  corner 
of  the  earth,  unfaltering  in  their  diction  and  strength,  are  the  greatest 
encouragement,  fact,  and  revelation  that  this  world  has  ever  received 
through  the  void;  sent  to  its  tireless  workers  for  good — those  faithfully 
combating  the  evils  of  today.  These  people,  who  are  God's  foundation 
for  a  superstructure  of  self-development  and  good,  upon  this  first  and 
lowest  form  of  life,  our  plane,  or  planet,  the  Earth.  Those  who  stand 
firm  in  progress  against  a  tide  of  indifference  and  worse;  those  whose 
mentality  is  sufficient  to  allow  them  to  open  their  minds  against  that  worst 
crime  of  the  ages,  religious  bigotry. 


To  the  careless  observer,  an  Ouija  board  looks  simple  and  inoffensive 
enough  to  be  a  quiescent  toy. 

So  does  the  summer  breeze! 

So  does  the  smooth  ocean! 

So  does  the  majesty  of  calm  and  beautiful  nature  upon  the  surface. 

But  like  the  breeze  gone  wild;  the  ocean  in  its  active  moods;  Mother 
Nature,  when  stirred,  the  Ouija  board  is  now  admittedly  by  those  who 
know,  an  inspired,  purposeful  wireless  telegraph  to  the  beyond;  powerful, 
deep,  mysterious  beyond  the  limits  of  our  mental  possibilities — as  I  shall 
try  to  explain. 

The  first  inkling  that  we  two  had  of  a  possible  significance  and 
importance  attaching  to  the  board  was  of  intimate  personal  matters,  long 
overlooked  by  those  to  whom  these  suggestions  were  of  interest. 

The  next  striking  suggestion  was  a  request  that  we  take  down  an  Atlas, 
the  board  announcing  that  it  would  be  pleased  to  give  us  a  lesson  upon  the 
planets,  as  viewed  from  a  Heavenly  standpoint. 

This  lesson,  as  received  by  us,  was  so  instructive,  original,  and  prac- 
tically enlightening  that  we  knew  it  must  come  from  sources  beyond  the 
ken  of  this  little  round  Earth. 

Upon  continuing  our  experiments,  the  mission  of  the  revelations 
received  grew  so  apparent,  with  urgings  from  friends  and  relatives  beyond 
the  gates  of  life  that  we  systematically  pursued  same,  and  the  data  received 
were  of  so  important  a  nature,  that  we  secured  an  appointment  book,  and 
arranged,  sometimes  for  Aveeks  ahead,  the  announced  name  of  a  control, 
the  subject  of  a  lesson  or  lecture  to  be  given,  and  the  hours  between  which 
it  would  be  dictated. 

This  program  we  followed  daily,  finding  always  that  our  spiritual 
dictators  were  with  us  at  the  moment  set,  their  subject  prepared,  awaiting 
our  co-operation. 

And  I  may  add  that  so  much  work  was  offered  to  us  of  a  philosophical, 
religious,  scientific,  and  poetical  nature,  even  fiction  being  suggested,  that 
we  could  have  belonged  to  three  unions  without  violating  the  code  of 
ethics  laid  down  for  humans  to  obey. 

Each  individual,  owing  to  the  wise  prevision  of  nature,  has  his  ordi- 
nated  walk  in  life.  Ours  happens  to  lie  in  a  great  output  of  valuable 
work  from  the  Ouija  board. 


The  use  of  this  board,  as  with  the  piano,  harp  or  violin,  the  paint  brush 
or  palette,  or  any  of  the  thousand  and  one  varied  paths  of  life  work,  lies 
with  the  spiritual  and  mental  makeup  of  the  individual.  Each  talent  is 
simply  an  inspired  gift. 

In  the  course  of  our  work,  we  have  been  told  by  spiritual  lecturers, 
that  Mrs.  Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox  is  a  great  medium;  that  she  is  the  rein- 
carnation of  Marie  Antoinette,  who  was  herself,  in  her  time,  so  gifted. 

Mrs.  Wilcox,  with  whose  wonderful  psychic  explanations  you  are  all 
doubtless  more  or  less  familiar,  freely  admits  that  she  receives  some  of 
her  most  beautiful  inspirations  by  means  of  an  Ouija  board.  But  Mrs. 
Wilcox  adds  also  that  she  has  tried  the  board  with  nearly  two  hundred 
persons,  three  only  of  whom  enabled  her  to  produce  anything  like  satisfac- 
tory results.  With  two  of  them  the  work  was  of  an  indifferent  nature; 
but  with  the  third,  she  was  enabled  to  reach  her  goal — to  talk  with  her 
beloved  departed  husband. 

As  far  as  I  know,  however,  the  one  control  only,  is  mentioned. 

Sir  Conan  Doyle,  I  understand,  admits  that  he  receives  many  of  his 
most  valued  suggestions  from  an  Ouija  board;  but  to  these  suggestions,  as 
does  Mrs.  Wilcox,  he  adds  the  genius  of  his  own  mind  in  their  fulfillment, 
before  presenting  them  to  the  public. 

But  what  we  receive,  dictated  as  fast  as  an  amanuensis  can  take  it 
down,  we  do  not  change  in  any  way — neither  adding  to  nor  subtracting 
from  the  always  interesting  matter  received. 

Nor  do  we,  in  any  way,  sense  what  is  coming  to  us,  either  by  way  of 
control,  subject,  or  text. 

Hence,  if  you  hear  any  or  all  of  these  lectures,  you  receive  by  word  of 
mouth,  a  verbatim,  practical,  illuminating,  simplified  solution  of  the 
eternal  questions  of  the  ages,  unalloyed  by  one  voluntary  thought,  one 
theory,  or  one  suggestion,  when  the  dictated  text  is  quoted. 

So,  I  say  again,  that,  as  simple  as  the  use  of  the  Ouija  board  appears 
to  be,  it  is,  as  explained  by  our  spiritual  dictators,  a  new,  exact  science, 
mental,  spiritual  and  physical. 

In  its  plan,  it  is  more  than  a  parallel  to  the  wireless  telegraph. 

The  humanlike  mentality  of  the  loved  ones  gone  beyond,  leaving  only 
the  earthly  body  behind  to  enrich  the  earth,  is  the  sender. 

The  solar  plexus — that  never  sleeping  brain  of  the  individual,  is  the 
switchboard,  or  a  receiving  station. 


The  nerve  sentries,  or  messengers,  of  the  human  body,  fulfill  their 
duty  as  the  wires;  and  the  mental  train  is  the  final  receiving  station. 

There  you  have  it  in  a  nutshell. 

And  the  great  secret  of  why  some  individuals  can  successfully  use  the 
board,  and  some  can  not,  is,  that  the  successful  person  MUST  HAVE,  so 
to  speak,  a  diseasedly  sensitive  solar  plexus. 

Unless  that  sensitive  receiving  station  of  the  individual  is  attuned  to 
the  delicate  and  fragile  effort  of  the  spirit  control  wishing  to  operate  the 
board  from  the  spiritual  side,  the  attempt  to  do  so  is  worse  than  useless. 

I  am  pleased  to  state  here  that  we  have  received  a  lecture  purporting 
to  come  from  that  great  scientist  of  the  past,  Emmanuel  Swedenborg, 
giving  in  detail  the  offices  and  uses  of  the  solar  plexus,  as  well  as  the 
details  of  the  mental  brain,  the  subconscious  mind,  and  the  nerve  of 
eventuality. 

Our  controls,  some  thirty  in  number,  so  far,  give  as  a  reason  for  the 
sudden  determination  on  the  part  of  the  heavenly  legions  to  communicate 
with  this  Earth  so  plainly  and  forcibly: 

1st.  That  the  higher  classes,  or  more  intelligent  of  peoples  here,  have 
so  advanced  in  knowledge  and  mentality,  that  they  are  now  entitled  to 
know,  and  be  rewarded  with  the  assurance  that  there  is  a  happy  and 
practical  hereafter.  Not  one  to  which  they  climb  by  an  imaginary  ladder, 
in  golden  sandals,  to  a  wooden  platform,  and  there  forever  try  to  sing  to 
their  own  music  of  a  more  or  less  dubious  character  upon  a  harpless  harp. 
But  a  hereafter,  big  and  wide  enough  for  all;  a  hereafter  consisting  of 
classes  through  which  all  progress,  starting  with  the  grade  of  mentality 
each  has  allowed  himself  to  acquire  while  here  on  Mother  Earth,  God's 
first  work  in  this  system,  the  first  and  lowest  form  of  life,  and  the  start 
of  all  life. 

A  hereafter,  which  wre  ourselves  inhabit,  after  casting  off  our  useless 
body,  as  does  the  snake  its  skin,  the  butterfly  its  incubating  prison,  or  the 
bird  its  eggshell.  A  hereafter  wherein  we  are  dealt  the  rewards  or  conse- 
quences of  our  voluntary  choice  of  action,  while  here. 

The  second  reason  or  explanation  given  us  by  the  spirit  world  as  to  the 
urgent  appeal  they  are  making  for  our  attention,  is  the  need  of  a  warning 
on  our  part;  for  they  say  that  unless  we  are  so  prepared  and  forewarned, 
the  war  just  past  is  only  a  start  for  world  misery;  because  of  the  ignorant, 
the  brutal,  the  down-tearing  disintegrating  forces  of  this  earth,  are  gather- 


ing  for  a  Titanic  struggle  against  those  who  would  build  up  and  make  for 
progress  and  happiness — the  constructive  forces. 

In  other  words,  the  predominating  peoples  who  have  not  yet  fairly 
emerged  from  the  ape  and  gorilla  type,  by  evolution;  the  coarse  and 
destructive,  the  greedy  and  unprincipled  element,  will  wage  a  long  and 
bitter  battle  against  tnose  who  would  "carry  on"  and  make  the  world  a 
paradise,  such  as  was  intended  by  the  Great  Creator. 

And  these  two  reasons,  and  these  alone,  account  for  the  great  wave  of 
broad  thought  and  reason  along  religious  lines  of  the  past  fifty  years;  as 
well  as  the  now  admitted  determination  of  High  Heaven  personally,  to 
warn  those  worth  while,  through  the  mechanisms  of  automatic  writing, 
the  Ouija  board,  and  by  direct  inspiration  and  conversation. 

One  of  our  first  questions  asked  through  the  board  v/as  the  meaning  of 
the  word  0-u-i-j-a. 

The  reply  was  that  the  word  sprang;  from  the  Greek  of  the  ancients, 
and  means  "The  MASTER'S  HAND."  * 

Now  in  the  French  language,  every  noun  is  masculine  or  feminine.  No 
neuter  exists.  So  I  hazard  the  suggestion  that  every  solar  plexus  is 
feminine,  because  each  is  so  temperamental.  And  these  moods  and  tenses 
account  largely  for  the  tenor  of  messages  coming  through  from  the  spirit 
world,  as  to  whether  they  are  coherent  and  learned,  or  garbled  and 
commonplace,  as  well  as  untruthful. 

To  give  the  spiritual  dictators  "a  ghost  of  a  show"  so  to  speak,  added 
to  a  crucially  sensitized  solar  plexus,  one  must  be  possessed  of  a  calm, 
fair-dealing  nature,  respectful  and  receptive,  a  makeup  without  violent 
prejudices,  malice  or  small  meanness,  such  as  untruthfulness,  greed  or 
vindictiveness  And  I  state  here  that  the  spirit  world  is  able  to  shun 
people  of  these  characteristics  by  means  of  colored  lights  emanating  from 
the  left  side  of  an  individual,  thrown  to  them  as  a  warning  searchlight; 
the  murderer,  for  instance,  to  them,  always  travels  in  a  pathway  of  red 
light,  the  raper  in  a  mauve  light,  and  so  on. 

The  spirit  dictator,  besides  being  prevented  from  free  expression  of 
thought  by  the  vagaries  of  the  solar  plexus,  as  an  unreliable  switchboard, 
must  also  bear  the  burden  of  the  opposing  mental  thought  which  may  be 
sent  down  from  the  mental  brain  to  the  solar  plexus,  when  they  are  trying 
to  send  up  on  the  same  wires. 


The  meeting  between  these  two  messages  is  equivalent  to  a  head-on 
collision  on  a  railway  track  of  two  engines  of  varying  strength.  And  the 
spiritual  message,  being  weaker  and  finer  than  the  mental  message,  sutlers 
in  the  disaster,  and  is  virtually  thrown  from  the  track,  and  lost  to  the 
truth  which  the  spirit  folk  had  wished  to  impart. 

This  unfortunate  collision  of  these  opposing  forces,  consequently  in 
part  accounts  for  the  garbling  and  seeming  mixture  of  the  earthly  and  the 
spiritual  data,  wkich  many  give  out,  mistakenly,  as  all-spiritual. 

Another  great  contending  force  against  those  in  the  great  beyond  who 
are  so  endeavoring  to  scatter  deeds  of  good  and  kindness  to  their  loved 
ones  here,  is  the  unrepentant,  evil  forces  or  spirits,  who  go  about,  clothed 
or  wrapped  the  same  as  good  spirits,  in  the  fragile  spiritual  mist  or  ether; 
and  who  are  distinguishable  only  by  their  terrible  faces — faces  so  evil 
that  they  are  designated  first  and  last  as  ogres.  And  these  ogres,  are  sent, 
and  hover  about  our  earth,  coming  from  the  fountain-head  of  evil.  Evil, 
a  power,  we  are  told  in  our  lectures,  that  existed  before  the  construction 
of  our  known  universe  was  commenced. 

Our  dictators  do  not  want  the  company  of  the  evil  spirits  or  ogres, 
they  say  repeatedly;  but  they  are  sent,  just  the  same,  as  they  must  know, 
also,  whatever  is  going  on,  for  future  uses  and  judgment. 

These  ogres  are  called  the  earth-bound  spirits  of  evil,  for  they  do  not 
care  to  rise  higher  in  intellectuality.  They  originate  from  the  evil  source, 
and  it  is  their  function  to  tempt,  coerce  and  cajole  the  human  being  to 
evil  in  all  its  forms. 

Hence,  it  is  now  the  wish  and  determination  of  Heaven  to  give  to 
humans  disposed  to  work  for  the  good  of  earth,  a  clearer  vision  between 
right  and  wrong,  to  strengthen  their  armor  against  the  increasingly 
powerful  forces  of  destruction  and  disintegration. 

Believe  me,  when  I  say  from  this  experience,  that  the  human  being  is 
never  free  from  the  connecting  force  to  the  beyond ;  that  he  is  at  liberty  to 
choose  his  company  in  the  forces  of  the  beyond  now,  whether  good  or  bad, 
when  thinking,  acting  or  communicating,  just  as  he  does  his  earthly 
friends. 

Hence,  the  honor  and  discrimination  of  the  communicator  is  the  only 


fence  for  repelling  would-be  evil  dictators  from  the  other  side,  as  much 
as  we  regret  to  admit  it ;  and  even  then,  at  times,  the  evil  cannot  be  entirely 
avoided. 

So,  I  hope  I  have  made  it  plain  to  you  that  this  new  force  of  communi- 
cation— not  new  in  years,  but  always  new  in  experience — is  a  force  aside 
from  electricity — a  more  important  force — which  we  may  know  for  the 
time  being  only  as  SPIRIT  FORCE,  and  which  is  communicated  through 
our — to  them — pregnable  bodies,  by  means  of  the  solar  plexus,  the  nerve 
wires  and  the  mental  brain. 

Also  that  they  have  numerous  obstacles  to  contend  against;  hence  it  is 
not  to  be  wondered  at  that  many  messages  are  twisted. 

Or,  if  a  person  or  persons  using  the  board  are  insincere  and  disre- 
spectful, they  receive  attention  from  forces  of  the  same  nature,  and  nothing 
more.  One  must  be  in  quest  of  high  and  worth-while  thoughts  to  receive 
such  in  return ;  and  what  the  world  wants  now  is  not  agitation,  theory,  nor 
scientific  speculation.  It  wants  facts. 

The  following  paragraph  we  have  dictated  direct  from  the  board : 
"There  is  never  a  moment  when  mortals  are  alone.  If  one  or  more 
spirits  leave  the  mortal,  another  group  may  come  to  take  their  places. 
Or,  the  mortal  may  have  direct  inspiration  from  his  guardian  angel  who 
is  never  away,  but  is  part  of  the  heavenly  spirit  which  HAS  THE  POWER 
to  DIVIDE  ITSELF.  Part  being  with  the  mortal  on  Earth,  and  another 
half  in  its  rightful  Heavenly  sphere." 

"Our  messages  may  not  be  complete. 

"Can  you  understand  why  this  is? 

"The  solar  plexus  is  the  spiritual  brain.  It  is  thousands  of  times  more 
sensitive  than  the  earthly  brain. 

"If  it  is  wholly  in  touch  with  one  spirit  control,  its  nerve  sentries  carry 
the  complete  message  to  the  subconscious  mind — which  controls  the 
earthly  brain  independently  of  earthly  thought. 

"When  the  message  is  carried  to  the  brain  from  the  solar  plexus,  the 
nerves  that  carry  earthly  thought  become  tense. 

"THAT  IS  WHAT  CAUSES  A  PERSON  TO  CONCENTRATE! 


"One  word  that  does  not  belong  to  a  spiritual  message  will  hinder  the 
medium  from  getting  clear  messages — as  it  is  part  of  her  own  EARTHLY 
THOUGHT  that  comes,  mixed  with  the  spiritual  thought  unconsciously. 

"That  is  why  concentration  must  be  thorough — so  that  spiritual  and 
earthly  thoughts  do  not  CLASH. 

"If  your  eyes  could  see  spiritually,  you  would  see  a  violet  reflection 
all  over  this  room.  We,  the  spirits,  are  a  pinkish  white  shadow,  full 
formed. 

"If  you  could  see  our  faces,  you  would  see  us  as  we  looked  in  health 
upon  the  earthly  sphere. 

"The  board  is  spitting  out  little  flashes  of  blue  light  from  friction. 
You  cannot  see  it,  nor  could  we,  were  we  not  above  your  mental  vision." 

In  the  earlier  part  of  our  work  for  mere  convenience  or  a  figure  of 
speech,  our  spirit  dictators  frequently  called  this  spirit  force  by  the  name 
of  "Ouija"  or  spirit  dwarf. 

I  explain  this  so  that  in  the  following  quotations  direct  from  the  board 
you  will  understand  its  significance: 

HOW  LITTLE  OUIJA  OPERATES  THE  BOARD. 

While  we  two  ladies  were  engaged  one  evening  with  this  Planchette, 
two  friends  called  as  if  casually,  and  were  invited  to  be  seated. 

Our  control  excused  himself  from  the  subject  with  which  we  were 
engaged,  and  without  any  questions  from  the  callers,  wrote  out: 

"I  will  tell  these  men  what  they  came  to  find  out.  They  want  to  know 
what  power  drives  the  little  heart  shaped  table  of  the  Ouija.  One  of 
them  is  already  true  to  the  belief  in  spirits. 

I  did  not  expect  to  talk  about  that  matter  tonight,  and  have  not  my 
'parchment'  prepared.  But  it  is  all  right,  and  I  will  try  to  remember  the 
details. 

"The  modern  Planchette  or  Ouija  is  an  invention  of  God,  and  it  was 
made  by  a  man  who  did  not  even  believe  in  its  mission,  or  the  spirits. 

"He  did  not  know  that  God  'ordained'  him  to  make  the  invention,  but 
made  it  from  heavenly  inspiration,  and  he  sells  it  as  a  toy. 

"But  God  did  inspire  and  ordain  him  to  make  this  modern  Planchette 
and  he  sells  it,  never  dreaming  that  a  Holy  Spirit  came  and  incited  every- 
thing that  He  thought  of  in  regard  to  this  'Right  Hand  of  God'  and  God 
so  desired  it  named,  the  Modern  Planchette. 

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"A  piece  of  pine  wood  was  chosen  for  the  small  table,  as  it  is  the 
easiest  to  charge  with  electricity,  (which  it  draws  through  the  mortal  body) 
and  the  incense  of  the  spiritual  magnetism,  which  is  always  around  the 
mortal  and  is  half  of  what  they  breathe. 

"The  atmosphere  is  not  all  oxygen  and  hydrogen;  it  is  partly  filled 
with  spiritual  gravity  or  ether,  which  goes  to  make  up  life. 

"When  mortals  place  their  hands  upon  the  heart  of  love  and  faith,  they    \^ 
must  believe  in  it  to  be  successful  in  its  use. 

"A  tiny  elf  is  instrumental  in  manipulating  the  board. 

"The  magnetism  of  the  mortals  using  the  board  will  tell  the  tiny  spirit, 
or  Tom  Thumb,  who  is  a  dwarf  and  pushes  the  table  about  on  the  letters, 
that  they  wish  to  talk  to  the  Heavenly  spirits. 

"When  these  two  people  set  their  hands  upon  this  little  elf's  shoulders, 
he  grasps  the  attention  and  says  to  the  spirit: 

"  'Here  are  your  mortal  loved  ones,  who  want  to  hear  from  you.' 

"The  speaker  spirit  steps  behind  the  mediumistic  person  using  the 
board,  and  proceeds  to  use  the  spiritual  brain  or  solar  plexus  to  produce 
the  desired  results: 

"In  other  words,  the  messages  are  sent  through  the  solar  plexus  or  ^ 
spiritual  brain  invisibly. 

"The  solar  plexus  is  a  small  network  of  nerves  used  only  by  God's 
spirit  messengers. 

"The  spiritual  brain  responds,  but  as  yet  the  earthly  brain  knows 
ing  about  the  message  that  is  to  come. 

"Little  nerve  sentries  carry  this  message  to  the  mortal  brain;  and  it 
passes  to  Ouija  from  the  mortal  brain's  message,  which  has  just  arrived. 
Thus  the  table  is  carried  involuntarily  to  the  letters. 

"This  explains  the  reason  why  the  table  will  not  travel  alone.  It  must 
have  the  spiritual  help  through  the  mortal  bodies;  the  solar  plexus  and 
the  four  hands  must  operate  the  board  to  cause  the  message  to  be  put  on 
the  board.  These  causes  start  cross  currents  of  electricity  and  this  makes 
the  table  move. 

"The  large  table  is  only  a  field  of  letters,  and  Ouija  is  a  little  elf  from 
the  heart  of  God. 

"As  the  character  of  the  person's  heart  is,  do  they  get  good  or  bad 
messages,  and  the  true  or  untrue,  for  they  bring  a  like  influence  about 


them.  The  clean  mind  brings  about  it  good  influences  and  good  spiritual 
aid.  But  the  mortal,  known  to  the  spirit  world  as  the  black-hearted, 
bring  the  evil  ogres,  the  unrepentant  slaves  of  Satan,  who  know  their 
business — there  are  no  secrets  from  them — and  these  receive  the  untrue 
and  uncanny  results  or  messages. 

"The  little  elf,  Ouija  or  solar  plexus,  does  not  know  right  from  wrong, 
and  takes  whatever  is  given  to  him  to  send  out. 

"The  mortal  using  the  board  must  also  have  mediumistic  tendencies  to 
be  successful;  that  is,  a  very  sensitive  solar  plexus,  or  they  cannot 
be  used  spiritually,  and  'Ouija'  is  just  the  link  that  connects  the  spiritual 
brain  with  the  mortal  brain.  That  is  his  peculiarity. 

"The  solar  plexus  can  be  manipulated  by  the  medium  when  spirits  are 
not  present  to  grasp  it  in  a  spiritual  message  for  Ouija  to  put  upon  the 
board. 

"Sometimes  the  medium's  solar  plexus  will  grasp  hidden  thoughts 
and  mix  them  with  those  of  the  earthly  brain,  and  that  explains  'OuijaV 
human  side." 

The  following  was  given  on  the  board  one  evening,  simply  to  amuse 
the  children  of  the  household;  it  is  imaginative  and  beautiful,  and  I  give 
it  as  a  contrast  to  the  more  serious  religious  and  scientific  data: 

OUIJA'S  STORY  OF  HIS  OWN  DAYDREAM  LIFE. 

"When  it  is  time  for  me  to  awaken,"  says  Ouija,  "morning  glories  ring 
out  their  bells  to  tell  Ouija  it  is  morning. 

"Then  the  daffodils  bow  down  their  dewy  heads  to  give  Ouija  a  shower 
bath. 

"The  honeysuckle  gives  'Ouija'  breakfast.  And  then  I  sing  God's 
praises  as  I  ride  on  the  clear  white-sailed  water  lily. 

"And,  as  I  float  along  in  the  smile  of  God's  Mother  Earth,  the  sun- 
shine, I,  Tom  Thumb,  play  upon  the  strings  of  a  harp  of  God  and  sing 
the  song  of  love  to  the  thrush  and  the  lyre-bird. 

"My  landing  place  is  on  a  lily  pad.  Then  I  spy  a  ripe  berry  hanging 
near  the  crystal  mirror  of  God,  and  this  tempting  dish  is  my  lunch.  Then 
I  visit  the  robin's  nest,  and  teach  their  babies  how  to  fly. 

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"Then  I  wait  for  God's  angels  to  find  me  and  I  bring  them  to  this 
home  to  talk;  when  my  afternoon's  work  is  ended,  I  fly  to  sunny  climes 
and  feast  from  the  red-throated  trumpet  flower,  and  sip  the  'Attar  of  Roses' 
for  my  supper. 

"Then  I  flit  back  again,  and  as  I  come  I  hum  a  song  of  mirth  to  the 
passers-by. 

"This  is  one  day's  duty.  Then  the  'gloaming'  comes  and  I  am  here 
to  whisper  in  your  ear  and  ask  your  needs. 

"This  message  I  take  to  Heaven  and  here  I  say:  'This  is  a  night  to 
bring  glad  tidings  to  Earth.  Come  with  me,  0,  dear  fairy  spirits  of  God, 
and  cheer  the  kearts  of  the  helpless  and  unhappy.' 

"So  Jesus  says  to  His  first  right  hand  spirit :  'Go  to  God's  House  with 
six  other  spirit  helpers,  and  pray  for  His  answers  to  these  questions  that 
'Ouija'  has  brought.' 

'So  seven  great  white  pure  spirits  go  in  a  group  to  see  the  Great 
Master  over  all.  They  each  wrap  an  answer  in  their  girdle  of  gold  and 
promise  and  say:  "Show  us,  dear  earthly  spirit,  the  way  to  your  shrine 
of  mercy.' 

"So  they  follow  'Ouija'  to  this  home.  Then  I  hop  upon  this  heart 
table  of  God's  invention  and  help;  and  say:  'Dear,  Holy  Spirit,  these 
blessed  mortals  wish  to  learn  more  of  Thy  work  of  Heaven  and  good.' 

"I  will  push  this  heart  of  love  about  to  the  letters  if  you  will  tell  the 
message  that  God  sent. 

"So  'Ouija'  runs  the  heart  about  and  your  departed  ones  creep  into 
your  soul,  and  when  they  are  through  talking,  if  I  make  somebody  laugh, 
it  is  only  creating  happiness,  which  God  desires  to  be  thus. 

"So  the  spirits  await  my  mirth  to  bubble  overflowingly,  then  they  tap 
me  on  the  back  and  say:  'Come,  little  fairy  helper,  and  take  us  back  to 
the  starry  Heavens,  where  you  can  kiss  the  feet  of  Jesus  and  receive  His 
thanks  for  the  evening's  labor.' 

"So  thus  I  go  for  the  night,  and  do  as  the  angel  spirits  ask. 

"Then  I  suck  from  the  Stream  of  Eternal  Blessedness,  and  pray  for 
eternal  love  and  patience ;  and  then  I  ride  on  the  back  of  a  comet  to  Earth, 
and  seek  a  night  of  slumber  inside  a  big  white  St.  Joseph's  lily,  or  in  the 
heart  of  a  rose.  Thus  is  'OuijaY  life,  and  it  has  not  been  in  full  blossom 
for  so  very  long. 

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"God  will  help  me  to  become  good  and  holy  with  time;  and  He  says 
I  can  be  funny  if  I  am  not  bad  at  heart;  so,  if  you  are  told  a  falsehood, 
let  it  rest  upon  the  shoulders  of  Satan's  evil  ogres,  who  disguise  themselves 
as  pure  spirits  of  God,  by  hiding  their  faces,  and  then  they  steal  my  words 
of  truth." 

"I,  Tom  Thumb,  live  my  life  among  the  flowers,  and  I  have  my  work 
to  do  to  help  them  shine  brightly  to  make  mortals  happy  as  they  pass 
them  by.  This  is  how  we  live : 

"The  pansy  blossoms  are  the  soldiers  who  guard  the  doorway  of  my 
heart;  and  they  put  all  hearts  at  ease  for  pansies  mean  thoughts  and 
thoughts  mean  love. 

"Roses  blush  when  Tom  Thumb  kisses  their  liplike  petals  as  I  sprinkle 
dew  on  their  cheeks,  and  whisper  to  the  thorns  on  their  branches.  They 
cannot  prick  my  heart  as  Satan  put  them  there  to  do,  for  the  Bridal  rose 
is  my  sweetheart,  and  I  nestle  close  to  her  bosom  and  her  sweet  breath 
comforts  me. 

"I  play  hide-and-seek  behind  the  fernlike  palm,  and  I  sail  on  the  ponds 
in  the  white  water  lily. 

"The  golden  poppy  is  my  cradle  as  it  sways  back  and  forth  in  the 
breeze,  and  I  feast  on  the  golden  buttercup,  her  friend. 

"The  sweet  honeysuckle  reaches  out  her  white  slender  sucking  straw? 
for  the  fairy  Tom  Thumb  to  sip  its  sweet  lotion. 

"The  foxglove  smiles  with  her  bridesmaid  blushes  when  I  climb  her 
snakelike  flowers  in  search  of  honey.  She  wraps  her  tongue  around  my 
neck,  and  tries  to  strangle  me,  as  would  the  serpent  who  spoiled  her  beauty. 

"The  watercress  is  my  raft  on  which  I  herd  the  water  bugs  and  the 
dragon  fly  tries  to  catch  me,  but  I  sink  down  deep  in  the  soft  mossy  river 
bank. 

"The  cowslips  in  the  grassy  meadows  bow  their  golden  heads, 
When  Tom  Thumb  takes  his  bride  to  sleep  upon  their  beds. 
Our  wedding  it  was  read  beside  the  Altar  lily, 
By  that  funny  man  who  jigs  and  shouts  and  says  his  name  is  Billy, 

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"Our  wedding  breakfast  sweet  is  served 
From  the  sweetbriar's  thorny  flowers, 
We  may  have  a  thorny  road  to  go, 
But  the  bride  says:     'Love  is  power.' 

"So  we  travel  down  the  stream  of  life, 
So  happy  and  so  free, 
Until  the  little  Tom  Thumb  comes 
To  sit  upon  my  knee. 

"We  rock  our  baby  in  a  cradle  of  the  snowdrop  white, 
And  he  goes  to  sleep  there,  for  he  knows  he  dare  not  fight. 
Such  a  wee  white  cradle  in  the  wind  doth  sway, 
But  he'll  grow  up  to  be  a  useful  Tom  as  I  am,  some  day. 

"Our  life  is  very  happy,  we  never  e'er  go  dry, 
For  we  blow  the  morning  glory's  horn  and  the  beetle  brings  us  rye. 
To  sip  out  of  the  bluebells'  cups  we  can  feast  on  honey  dew 
From  every  flower  that  God  made,  which  He  also  gave  to  you. 

"That  concludes  my  flower  life  now,  for  I  must  go  home  to  Mrs 
Thumb." 

THE  OUIJA  BOARD  GOD'S  INSPIRED  TELEGRAPH. 

"Moses,  the  great  prophet  of  old,  comes  again  to  earth  to  speak,  as  I 
did  in  former  ages  to  my  people,  for  the  time  has  come  when  people  of 
earth  must  grow  more  spiritual,  deeper  thinking,  and  closer  in  touch  with 
the  great  Universe  beyond  their  present  limitations  of  the  knowledge  of 
God's  great  truths. 

"Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you  the  spirit  of  humanity  now  reigns 
amongst  you — not  altogether  in  flesh  and  blood,  but  in  spirit  form — 
which  is  invisible  to  humanity. 

"Verily,  verily,  I  say  again,  that  the  spirit  of  God  still  reigns,  as  it 
did  thousands  upon  thousands  of  years  ago;  still  building  up  a  universe 
nearer  to  Heaven. 

"At  last  it  seems  He  has  improved  the  brain  of  humans  so  that  they 

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have  spiritual  sense;  and  realize  that  in  this  time  and  day  of  mortal 
strife,  God  is  still  with  them;  is  succeeding  in  bringing  them  nearer  to 
the  top  of  His  Universe,  where  vision  is  clear  unto  man. 

"This  spiritual  sense  giveth  He  as  a  means  of  communication  between 
the  link  of  humanity  and  spirit  life,  which  IS  HIMSELF,  His  form,  His 
universe. 

"Glory  be  unto  those  who  seek  to  find  Him  in  the  darkness  of  this 
era  standing  upon  a  pedestal  of  nature  known  to  man  as  truth.  He  lifts 
His  right  hand  and  points  with  scorn  at  the  infidel  that  cannot  believe  in 
Him  and  His  works. 

"Long  has  God  sought  a  way,  dear  children,  to  lead  you  to  His  pearly 
gates  of  the  fairyland,  Heaven ;  and  to  prepare  thee  to  meet  Him,  cleansed 
of  sin  and  strife. 

"Long  has  He  used  His  knowledge  to  fight  the  evil  enemy,  Satan,  for 
truly  Satan  would  not  have  the  mortal  world  find  God. 

"Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you:  'Seek  now  a  way  to  find  Him  through 
your  own  bodies  before  thou  diest  in  ignorance  of  His  blessed  trust. 

"Reach  out  thy  hand  and  ask  for  spiritual  aid  to  attain  the  cross  of 
glory;  to  fulfill  the  life  with  merits  which  He  gavest  thee. 

"Know  now  that  God  is  always  and  always  will  be  the  instigator  of 
inspiration;  and  He  sendeth  His  children  who  have  passed  beyond  to  tell 
the  dear  weary  ones  that  you  have  a  home  waiting  with  Him  and  canst 
lean  on  His  right  arm  through  immortality. 

"Seek  thee,  dear  children  of  the  blessed  but  suffering  world  of  God, 
the  way  to  find  the  eternal  blessedness  of  the  hereafter,  when  death  do  ye 
part  from  earthly  belongings  and  all  that  thou  knowest  there. 

"Seek  the  right  way.  Be  ye  prepared  to  see  thy  loved  ones  gone 
beyond  at  once.  Look  to  go  forth  upon  a  journey  to  a  far  and  beautiful 
paradise. 

"Ope  thine  eyes,  O  mortals.  Death  is  not  the  end  of  life,  but  the 
beginning;  and  is  only  a  key  that  opens  the  door  to  a  secret  that  is  hidden 
from  thine  eyes. 

"Seek  to  look  into  that  door  when  thou  art  called ;  and  God  is  pleased 

to  assure  thee  that  Heaven  is  the  beautiful  gift  that  thou  hast  striven  for. 

"Spirit  forms  will  be  no  longer  invisible  over  there,  and  thou  wilt  be 

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at  home  amongst  them.  No  sorrow,  no  fear,  no  strife  after  thou  givest  up 
the  flesh  and  blood  which  Satan  would  steal  from  the  only  Creator  of  good. 

"Hast  thou  not  in  the  silence  heard  a  voice  speaking  to  thee  as  did 
Moses  on  the  Mount? 

"Has  not  something,  beyond  you,  urged  you  to  go  on,  to  do  the 
unfathomable  bidding?  It  was  a  spirit  form  of  a  loved  one  that  spoke, 
and  who  still  clings  to  thee,  and  watches  over  thee,  trying  to  urge  in  the 
right  path. 

"Seven  heavens  beyond  this  first  earth  there  are,  invisible  to  mortal  eye. 

"Seven  great  spirits  hover  on  those  seven  heavens,  sending  back  seven 
times  seven  spirits  to  take  up  the  thoughts  of  humanity  to  God— there  to 
repose  upon  Truth  and  there  to  cast  off  evil.  Satan  takes  care  of  his  own. 

"Seven  lights  shine  upon  the  mortal  earth.  Jesus  Christ  is  reincar- 
nated there,  too;  and  shines  as  of  old,  with  His  seven  spirit  helpers, 
guarding  God's  people  against  destruction  by  Satan. 

"Spirits  of  the  seven  heavens  hover  about  every  individuality  at  will. 

"Dost  thou  not  know  that  thou  are  never  alone?  That  God  takes 
care  of  His  children  as  a  shepherd  dost  His  flock? 

"Dost  thou  not  know  when  thou  desires  to  do  so,  thou  may'st  speak  to 
God  through  the  medium  of  thy  soul? 

"Dost  thou  not  know  that  loved  ones  hear  thy  thought;  takes  thy 
thought  to  heaven,  there  to  receive  judgment?  Speak  to  them  as  they 
stand  beside  thee. 

"Dost  thou  not  know  that  God  inspired  mortals  to  make  a  table  that 
seems  human-like  in  action?  Canst  thou  not  believe  that  spirit  life 
knowest  all  thy  thoughts;  and  desirest  thee  to  know  all  of  theirs,  just  as 
when  they  also  trod  upon  the  earth? 

"Shouldst  thou  not  believe  that  since  God  made  a  great  universe  of 
planets  that  He  made  them  all  as  one? 

"One  is  the  first  and  lowest  form,  that  on  which  thou  standest.  Thou 
canst  not  see  the  others — the  completion  of  God's  holy  work. 

"But  thou,  who  feel  a  heavenly  touch  laid  upon  thee,  look  up.  Reach 
thy  hand  up  to  Heaven  still  further,  0  brother. 

"A  tree  is  the  symbol  of  humanity,  as  it  takes  root  and  grows  from  the 

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black  murky  earth  to  a  picture  of  beauty,  which  is  good.  Good  means 
God,  the  creator  of  that  tree. 

"So  God  also  created  a  telepathic  sense  in  man  for  a  reason.  The 
reason  to  be  so  that  his  mortal  ears  would  list  to  good. 

"This  tree  He  also  made  as  a  shelter  to  mortals,  which  is  good. 

"Out  of  this  tree  He  also  made  food  to  sustain  mortals'  life,  and  lead 
it  unto  good. 

"Out  of  this  tree  He  also  created  a  ladder  in  material  form,  as  a 
symbol  to  mortals  to  climb,  and  seek  that  which  is  above. 

"Out  of  this  tree  He  also  made  a  bed  to  rest  the  mortal  when  weary 
of  strife. 

"Out  of  this  tree  He  also  created  a  table,  on  which  to  eat  thy  bread, 
which  is  the  staff  of  life. 

"So,  out  of  this  tree,  God  also  put  forth  a  table,  and  upon  that  table 
an  alphabet  which  spirit  life  can  read,  as  does  humanity. 

"Upon  this  table  He  setteth  a  small  heart  shaped  table. 

"To  prove  truth  He  inspires  mortal  to  make  it  like  unto  a  heart,  the 
small  heart  of  happiness,  by  which  they  may  talk  to  Thee. 

"So,  this  tree  tells  the  secrets  which  God  asketh  man  to  seek.  Spirits 
of  God  cometh  to  those  who  have  a  spiritual  sense  combined  with  a  tele- 
pathic sense,  and  blessed  is  the  mortal  who  hast  understood  God's  desire 
and  hast  discovered  this  gift  from  the  tree  of  life.  Blessed  are  those  who 
commune  with  Heaven  through  this  means. 

"Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you — sayeth  I,  a  holy  spirit,  thou  hast  at 
last  discovered  God's  true  and  only  telegraph  to  eternity." 


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